Quotes worth repeating

[Mott the Hoople]

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." - - Abraham Lincoln.

 

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The only regret I have in life is that which I did not do - Me.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Apathy, the great destroyer of the minds of men. - Mott the Hoople

 

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If it came from Ohio, you know it's gotta blow - Ghandi

 

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I like this quote from Abraham Lincoln.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

 

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"No one ever went broke understimating the intelligence of the American public." - - H.L. Menken.

Wasn't that a quote by P. T. Barnum?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/hillarys_biggest_mistake.html

 

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I like this quote from Abraham Lincoln.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

And this one as well.

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

 

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That kinda changed by 39 hadn't it?

http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/stalin.html

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/mar/10/hitler-vs-stalin-who-killed-more/

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

"I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years." -- Lyndon B. Johnson

http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/leftwingracists.php

African-Americans were already a solid Democratic voting bloc before the Republicans became the new Dixiecrat party.

 

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"If you come to a fork in the road, take it!" - - Yogi Berra.

I adore Yogi Berra quotes!

 

[charver]

"quotes are useful for nothing but quiz questions" - Overheard at a pub quiz tonight.

 

[DamnYankee]

"Not up in here" cop in hangover

Were you trying to pork him up the ass?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

If it came from Ohio, you know it's gotta blow - Ghandi

Michigan Sucks! - Woody Hayes.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Wasn't that a quote by P. T. Barnum?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/hillarys_biggest_mistake.html

No, he often gets attributed with that quote but it was the journalist H.L. Menken who made that statement when he was covering the Scopes Monkey Trial.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/858.html

 

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The worst thing a person can do is hesitate - Chapel the Evergreen

 

[Mott the Hoople]

The worst thing a person can do is hesitate - Chapel the Evergreen

I can only say that a moments hesitation has saved my life on several occasion's which, I realize, that from your point of view only reinforces his point.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

The worst thing a person can do is hesitate - Chapel the Evergreen

"The best thing a person can do is hesitate" - Glorious Watermark XVII

 

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The worst thing you can do is to make no choice, waiting for the ideal conclusion to present itself - Chapel the Evergreen

 

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"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting."

Spock to his rival for a woman from the episode "Amok Time"